1. By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY
"Hellenistic"
Greece:
B.C.E.
By: Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H.S. Chappaqua, NY

2. Alexander the Great 356-323 B.C.E.

3. Alexander the Great’s Empire

4. Alexander the Great in Persia

5. Building Greek Cities in the East

6. Pergamum: A New “Hellenistic” City
Cosmopolitan Culture

7. Trade in the Hellenistic World

8. Library at Alexandria (333 B.C.E.)

9. Hellenic vs. Hellenistic Art

10. Hellenistic Philosophers
Cynics  Diogenes
ignore social conventions & avoid luxuries.
citizens of the world.
live a humble, simple life.
Epicurians  Epicurus
avoid pain & seek pleasure.
all excess leads to pain!
politics should be avoided.

11. Hellenistic Philosophers
Stoics  Zeno
nature is the expansion of divine will.
concept of natural law.
get involved in politics, not for personal gain, but to perform virtuous acts for the good of all.
true happiness is found in great achievements.

12. The “Known” World – 3c B.C.E.

13. Hellenism: The Arts & Sciences
Scientists / Mathematicians:
Aristarchus  heliocentric theory.
Euclid  geometry.
Archimedes  pulley.
Ptolemy  geocentric theory.

14. Ptolemaic View of the Universe

15. The Breakup of Alexander’s Empire

16. The Incursion of Rome into the Hellenistic World